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Marc Haydel Morial / ˌ m ɔːr i ˈ æ l / (born January 3, 1958) [1] is an American political and civic leader and the current president of the National Urban League.Morial served as Mayor of New Orleans from 1994 to 2002 [2] as the city's youngest Mayor, [3] President of the United States Conference of Mayors in 2001, and as a Louisiana State Senator from 1992 to 1994.
Marc Morial, a first-term state senator, and the son of New Orleans's first black mayor Ernest Morial; Donald Mintz, a lawyer and civic activist who had previously run for mayor in 1990. Mitch Landrieu, a State Representative since 1987 and the son of former New Orleans mayor Moon Landrieu
Marc Morial: Children: 2: Michelle Miller is a national correspondent for CBS News and currently serves as a co-host on CBS Saturday Morning. [1] She has also served ...
In 2003, Marc Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, was appointed the league's eighth President and Chief Executive Officer. He worked to reenergize the movement's diverse constituencies by building on the legacy of the organization and increasing the profile of the organization.
The New Orleans mayoral election of 1998 was held on February 7, 1998, and resulted in the reelection of incumbent Marc Morial to a second term as Mayor of New Orleans. [1] Elections in Louisiana—with the exception of U.S. presidential elections—follow a variation of the open primary system.
'We fear America is moving into a dark and divisive period, driven by political forces that seek to find tomorrow in yesterday.'
Outgoing mayor Marc Morial did not endorse any candidates in the primary or the runoff; both leading candidates were promising a reduction in the patronage that was so prominent in Morial's administration. The runoff campaign saw Nagin pick up endorsements from defeated candidates Singleton, Carter, and Lucas.
The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans (French: Maire de La Nouvelle-Orléans) has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the 1803 acquisition by the U.S. of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km 2) of the French province La Louisiane.